As the ranks of heroin users rise, more addicts are looking for help but are failing to find it — because there are no beds in packed facilities, treatment is expensive and insurance companies won't pay for inpatient rehab.

Dobyns-Bennett Assistant Principal Brian Tate and Indians swim coach Nathan Love were having lunch with one of their colleagues when she showed them a medal she'd gotten for running in the Disneyland Marathon.

Crowds of pro-Russian demonstrators stormed government buildings Sunday in several major cities in eastern Ukraine, where secessionist sentiment has sparked frequent protests since Ukraine's Russia-friendly president was ousted.

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